Since its founding in 1980 by Dick Burdick, the Central Texas Museum of Automotive History has called the town of Rosanky, Texas, home. The 40,000-sq.ft. facility, located southeast of Austin, touted a collection of vehicles ranging from the early high-wheelers and steam buggies through the Seventies, as well as a litany of associated memorabilia. That vast collection is now being consolidated to Burdick’s second facility in San Marcos (between Austin and San Antonio), which intends to focus its attention on the automotive industry from the Twenties through the Fifties.

For those from either facility that are repetitive or do not fit with the new display criteria, as well as a handful of privately owned cars, San Antonio-based Dan Kruse Classics has just been tasked with their sale via public auction, currently slated for Saturday, March 3 (auction preview is on Sundays starting February 17, or by appointment). Among the initial list of 83 vehicles – most reportedly being offered at no reserve – is the 1901 Holsman pictured above; its specific details yet to be disclosed.

I mean, really. Every museum I’ve ever loved in Texas has either died or shrunk. Wings & Wheels Over Texas in Arlington: gone. Vida’s Vintage Vehicles in north Houston: gone. Alamo City Car Museum in San Antonio: gone. Pate Museum in Fort Worth: gone. David Taylor Museum in Galveston (that was a real beauty): gone. Jerry J. Moore Duesenberg Museum in Houston: gone. John O’Quinn Museum: stillborn, cars sold at auction. Sterling McCall Museum in Round Top: shrunk, focused on Cadillacs only. And now Dick Burdick’s lovely collection is being reduced. I’ve never been to Dick’s San Marcos shop; I’m kind of afraid to since I seem to be the Typhoid Marty of Texas car museums! This really hurts.

This is sad I live in red rock 15 miles away and me and my kids never get tired of going i was here with the fires so I kinda under stand I just wish there was another way sometime you just have to be thankful for the fun you have had so thanks dick what a guy

We also visited many times and even bought a 1954 Chevy 150 to repair my smashed one that I used as a daily driver. The meet at Rosanky we always met up with friends and fellow enthusiasts! It was a grand collection and a lot of hard work to keep up. I know they deserved their GREAT RACE MEDALS AND ALWAYS HOPED TO DO IT ONE DAY MYSELF. Here’s too youand all the glorious machines in your stable!